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Show 1878.] CENTRAL-AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 367 above; but, the ochraceous scales being more numerous than the brown ones, the under surface has a paler tint. 2 like the male, but with the wings less pointed. Hab. Veragua, Chiriqui (Ribbe) ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt). Mus. nostr. et, T. Belt. 25. LEMONIAS HYPOGLAUCA. 2- Exp. 1*15 in. Outer margin of primaries curved outwardly; the apex slightly falcate : above greyish brown with blackish spots dispersed over the surface of both wings, those within and below the cell of the primaries the largest; the spots on the secondaries are arranged in two submarginal rows which follow the curvature of the outer margin ; and an irregular cluster in and about the end of the cell: beneath whitish, with spots corresponding to those of the upper surface, those on the primaries dark, those on the secondaries rufous. Hab. Mexico. Mus. H. Druce. Besides this specimen in Mr. Druce's collection, we have seen others in the Berlin Museum. 26. NYMPHIDIUM H^MATOSTICTUM. d • Exp. 1*6 in. Costa and outer margin of primaries dark brown, a triangular patch with its base on the inner margin and apex towards the apical angle, an isolated spot near the apex, and the whole central portion of the secondaries white; a submarginal row of black spots on both wings, bounded on either side by narrow blue-grey waved lines ; margin of the secondaries inwardly red for two thirds of its length from the anal angle, the rest and a narrow margin dark brown : beneath with the margins as above, but with the inner irregular line encircling the black submarginal row of spots nearly white ; two irregular white spots on the outer margin of the primaries, one near the middle and one near the apical angle ; the red of the secondaries more restricted. Hab. Panama (Ribbe). Mus. Dr. O. Staudinger. 27. NYMPHIDIUM ICTERICUM. d. Exp. 1*6 in. Base of secondaries and primaries ochre-brown ; a broad band, constricted in the middle, passes from the middle of the costa towards the middle of the outer margin, a large irregular spot from the anal angle halfway along the inner margin, an irregularly defined double submarginal row of spots, and the whole of the remainder of the secondaries ochre-yellow ; across the cell and the region of the median nervure are some obsolete dark transverse bars: beneath as above, but slightly paler. 2 like the male, but less ochraceous in tint, the lighter markings being purer yellow. Hab. Veragua (Arce) ; Chiriqui (Bibbe). Mus. H. Druce ( d ), Dr. O. Staudinger ( $ ). |